Nut-lock for vehicle-wheels.



No. 658,675. Patented Sept. 25, I900.

NUT LOCK FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

(Application filed July 11, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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' By Eugene W- Re ecl llurrnn STATE PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE IV. REED, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLORENZO D. STEWARD, OF SAME PLACE.

NUT-LOCK FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,675, datedSeptember 25, 1900.

Application filed July 11,1900- Serial No. 23,255. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern: creases f in the end of the spindle andplace Be it known that I, EUGENE WV. REED, a a disk F, having a spring,as G, back of it, in citizen of the United States, residing at Grand thechamber of the nut D in position to force Rapids, in the county of Kentand State of the disk against the end of the spindle, and 5 Michigan,have invented certain new and I place a small projecting bead facrossthe useful Improvements in Nut-Locks for Vehisurface of the disk inposition to engage cle-VVheels, of which the following is a specithegroove f in the end of the spindle, so fication. that the disk cannotreadily turn with the My invention relates to appliances forsecurnut,and yet not sufficiently close to wholly 60. IO ingvehicle-wheels to theaxletree; and its obavert its being turned when sufficient exjects are,first, to provide a means whereby ertion is brought to bear upon thenut. This the sliding of the thimble upon the spindle spring is made,preferably, of solid rubber, caused by long and continuous wear may beso that as the pressure is increased upon the taken out and avoided,and, second, to avert disk by screwing the nut to place the spring [5the danger of the nut becoming loose and jarwill expand laterally and bebrought to bear ring off. I attain these objects by the mechforciblyupon the sides of the chamber in the anisiu illustrated in theaccompanying drawnut, which, together with the head and groove ings, inwhich hereinbefore mentioned, renders it possible Figure l is asectionalview of a wagon hub to screw the nut to place with only the exno andthimble, showing my invention in place. ertion of the hand and without awrench Fig. 2 is an end view of the spindle, showing without dangerofthe nut becoming loose and a fiat portion at the side and grooves at thejarring off, as is frequently done with the orend. Fig. 3 shows theconstruction of the dinary nut. washer that is placed upon the spindleto The principal and very important advan- 25 take up the endwise playor motion ofaworn tage of this means of securing the nut to thimble andspindle. Fig. 4 is an end view place lies in the fact that this lockingdevice of the nut-lock portion of my invention, and may be readily andinexpensively applied to Fig. 5 is a side view of the end of a spindleany chambered nut and provides a perfect and the nut-lock portion of myinvention to nut-lock with this class of nuts. 30 more clearlyillustrate the manner of apply- In the accompanying drawings, A repreingthe nut-lock. sents the hub of a wagon or buggy wheel. B

Similar-letters refer to similar parts throughrepresents the end of theaxletree. out the several views. B is the spindle, upon which thethimble C It is a well-known fact that as a buggy or revolves, and erepresents serrations on the 5 other like vehicle is used the shoulder aof edge of the washer to facilitate cutting out the thimble O becomesworn against the 001- the wood in the hub for the reception of the lar bto such an extent that the thimble may washer between the thimble andthe hub, so slide longitudinally upon the spindle suffithat it may bereadily ground in without the ciently to cause a very decided andunpleasnecessity of a special tool for the purpose, as 4o ant rattlingof the wheel. To avert this, I by the use of these serrations I amenabled employ a cupped thimble or washer E, so arto force the washeragainst the hub with the ranged that its one end will project over thescrew or nut D, and then by making the end of the thimble O. This washeris prowheel to revolve on the spindle the serrations vided with a flatsurface 6 at one side of its will scrape the wood away and in a short 55 aperture, which is designed to act with the time the washer will haveembedded itself flattened surface 6 on the spindle to prevent fully intothe wood. 1) represents the threadit from turning withthe thimble in thewheel. ed end of the spindle prepared for the re- To complete myinvention and render it ception of the nut D. fully operative, I find itnecessary to provide Having thus fully described my invention, I00 50 acheap practicable means of securing the what I claim as new, and desireto secure by nut, and for this purpose I cut a crease or Letters Patentof the United States, is

1. The combination of a spindle, a chambered nn'r, a cupped washer, ametallic disk and asolid-rubber spring in the chambered nut hack of the(1isk,t-he surface of said disk and the end of the spindle ininterlocking contact), substantially and for the purpose set; forth.

2. The combination of a spindleand a chambered nut, a cupped Washerhaving serrated edge, and a disk and spring within the clmmr0 hered nnr,substantially as and for the pn 1'- pose set forth.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 5,

EUGENE W. REED. In presence of ITHIEL J. OILLEY, IRVING M. MOER.

